Ericsson and Sony have announced that Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson, making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony...

Mobile users in Puerto Rico will soon be able to enjoy a superior experience in data applications - including internet surfing, online gaming, social media and video conferencing – following the announcement of a new deal between the island’s leading operator and Ericsson...

A new eHealth initiative has been piloted in Kenya. The Def Aid Mobile Hearing Clinic, situated in Nairobi’s Kawangware slum, has implemented Cisco’s care-at-a distance technology in conjunction with Deaf Aid and Safaricom, with support from Nairobi’s Menelik Hospital...

A Costa Rican MVNO has implemented a device management system to lower its customer care costs...

Saudi Arabian subscribers will soon be able to benefit from cloud security services as a result of a new partnership...

The Indian state-owned operator BSNL has shunned calls from the regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) to restore connections that it has deliberately disrupted...

The development of India’s telecom sector has witnessed a major process of transformation in terms of growth, technological content, and market structure in the last decade through policy reforms introduced by the Indian Government...

One of Malaysia’s major service providers has deployed a roaming solution to reduce bill shock...

Indonesia’s first successful LTE field trial in the 1800 MHz band has been completed by the country’s market leader...

A new top up service has been launched in Zambia which allows Zambian nationals living abroad to recharge prepaid mobiles of family and friends in their homeland...

Windows Phone devices will soon be launching across the Middle East and Africa following the announcement of a partnership between Microsoft Middle East & Africa and wireless distributor Brightpoint...

Adoption of Unified Communications technology is reaching critical mass, corroborated by a report from In-Stat earlier this year that predicted small office spending on IP telephony would grow by 83 per cent in 2011...

Although the first three quarters of 2011 have been stable for China Mobile, a statement from the world’s largest operator acknowledge that there were still many factors which “posed challenges to the group” going forward, such as market saturation in China and the advent of new technologies...

As global demand for Internet on-the-move services grows dramatically, together with the adoption of the latest smartphones and tablet devices, the need for operators to extend their wireless network coverage and capacity is also growing exponentially to cope with this demand...

Information and communication are at the heart of any modern business, and thanks to advances in technology these two previously disparate areas have begun to blur into one, creating what has become known as Information Communication Technology...

Customers in 16 African countries will soon have access to seamless internet connectivity and simpler mobile data services...

Kuwaiti internet service provider Zajil will soon offer its customers cloud-delivered web security as value-added service...

major Indian operator is set to upgrade its backhaul mobile transport network...

Political upheavals notwithstanding, Côte d’Ivoire has benefited from sophisticated developments in its telecom sector - and a short-term misstep is unlikely to upset a long term trend towards growth...

Subscribers of Zain Sudan will soon have access to an expanded suite of VAS solutions...

India’s Department of Telecoms (DoT) has previously cautioned local operators against importing telecoms equipment, both for security reasons and as a means of securing business for Indian vendors...

Mobile banking services could be set to take off in Latin America following the announcement of a joint venture between the region’s most prolific operator, America Movil, and the US bank Citigroup...

Three of India’s leading operators may be fined by the country’s Department of Telecoms after an agreement between them was ruled illegal...

Cloud computing is a seemingly unstoppable force, with its popularity increasing steadily across the world as its applications become more apparent. However, while many consumers can see the advantage of cloud storage, there are still many reservations about cloud service provision, with security a particular area of concern. DT editor James Barton spoke to Blue Coat’s Nigel Hawthorn about the reliability of a cloud security solution, and whether the introduction of such services is currently an option for emerging markets...

India’s government has detailed the much-anticipated changes to be made to the country’s telecoms regulation...

South Africa's mobile market leaders, Vodacom and MTN, are experiencing an impressive comeback following a massive loss of mobile customers in H209 and H110...

Indian consumers will soon have access to 4G services via TD-LTE technology being deployed by Augere...

A subsidiary of China Mobile is deploying new planning tools throughout its network....

Kenya has long been one of the most prosperous telecoms markets in Africa, and while saturation looms, short-term growth will remain strong...

A new joint venture has been formed to offer VoIP services in the Indian market...

The findings of a new research programme intended to measure the impact of mobile communications on the lives and prosperity of farming communities in some of the world's poorest countries have been announced...

Based on operator figures from the first half of 2011, Thailand’s mobile market has performed more positively than might have been expected...

India’s leading operator Bharti Airtel is reportedly adopting the TD-LTE framework for its 4G network, which will be among the first in the country...

With LTE launches in Saudi Arabia and the UAE underway by operators such as Mobily, Etisalat and STC, others – including Qatari QTel and UAE-based Du – are now joining the fray...